Winston-Salem Open, NC, USA, ATP 250

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DATE: 14-21 August 2016
SURFACE: Hard
PRIZE MONEY: $639,255
FIELD SIZE: 48
DEFENDING CHAMPION: Kevin Anderson

Seeds:

1 R. Gasquet
2 R. Bautista Agut
3 P. Cuevas
4 S. Johnson
5 K. Anderson
6 S. Querrey
7 G. Simon
8 A. Ramos-Vinolas
9 V. Troicki
10 J. Sousa
11 P. Lorenzi
12 A. Kuznetsov
13 F. Delbonis
14 M. Baghdatis
15 F. Verdasco
16 P. Carreno Busta

The Tournament:

The Winston-Salem Open at Wake Forest University moved to Winston-Salem, North Carolina, in 2011. An ATP World Tour 250 event, the Winston-Salem Open is the last men’s tournament on the Emirates Airline US Open Series prior to the US Open. Held at the Wake Forest Tennis Complex, a newly designed, state-of-the-art tennis facility, it shares the grounds with Wake Forest Athletics. Src: ATP Website

 

[JesuslookslikeBorg]

taylor fritz v francis tiafoe..im calling it "the battle of the yankee young guns".

fritzy is/was 3-1 up, tried to get it via livescorehunter videostream..but has stoppedloading in recent fays.

 

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Results from the Winston-Salem Open Men's Singles matches on Monday

Round 1
Taylor Fritz (U.S.) beat Frances Tiafoe (U.S.) 6-1 6-4
Jiri Vesely (Czech Republic) beat Tim van Rijthoven (Netherlands) 3-6 6-3 6-3
Aljaz Bedene (Britain) beat James McGee (Ireland) 3-6 7-6(5) 6-2
Kyle Edmund (Britain) beat Rajeev Ram (U.S.) 7-5 7-6(5)
Mikhail Youzhny (Russia) beat James Duckworth (Australia) 7-6(8) 1-6 6-3
Donald Young (U.S.) beat Pierre-Hugues Herbert (France) 6-4 6-1
Lukas Rosol (Czech Republic) beat Victor Estrella (Dominican Republic) 6-4 1-6 6-1
Malek Jaziri (Tunisia) beat Radu Albot (Moldova) 6-2 6-4
Diego Schwartzman (Argentina) beat Mikhail Kukushkin (Kazakhstan) 6-0 6-2

 

[britbox]

taylor fritz v francis tiafoe..im calling it "the battle of the yankee young guns".

fritzy is/was 3-1 up, tried to get it via livescorehunter videostream..but has stoppedloading in recent fays.

Quite a few young guns in this one. What do you think of Kyle Edmund?

 

[JesuslookslikeBorg]

Quite a few young guns in this one. What do you think of Kyle Edmund?

last time I saw his forehand it had improved by miles..i was about to say he is improving, I'm looking to see more of him, he is turning into a beast, as with a lot of younger players like coric kyle needs time to adapt to the muscular power of the atp tour and get used to not being pushed back into too defensive a court position in rallies.

taylor fritz wins usa battle, McGee was 2pts from victory and had his hopes dashed by recently minted newbrit bedene in three.

I noticed fgasquet is in the draw..lol. playing right before usopen tells us he's not thinking of a long run at this years 4th major.
john isner surprisingly isn't playing..maybe he is thinking of resting up b4 a a big run of win at the aforementioned usopen.

 

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Results from the Winston-Salem Open Men's Singles Round 2 matches on Tuesday

2-Roberto Bautista (Spain) beat Aljaz Bedene (Britain) 4-6 6-3 6-3
Bjorn Fratangelo (U.S.) beat 11-Paolo Lorenzi (Italy) 4-6 6-2 6-3
Diego Schwartzman (Argentina) beat 7-Gilles Simon (France) 7-6(2) 6-1
16-Pablo Carreno (Spain) beat Jan-Lennard Struff (Germany) 6-4 7-5

 

[britbox]

Steve Johnson, the New American Number 1 ending John Isner's three-year reign.

 

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Results from the Winston-Salem Open Men's Singles Round 3 matches on Wednesday

12-Andrey Kuznetsov (Russia) beat Jiri Vesely (Czech Republic) 5-5 (Vesely retired)
John Millman (Australia) beat Bjorn Fratangelo (U.S.) 5-7 6-0 6-3
1-Richard Gasquet (France) beat Stephane Robert (France) 6-1 6-3
Lu Yen-Hsun (Taiwan) beat Diego Schwartzman (Argentina) 6-4 6-0
16-Pablo Carreno (Spain) beat 3-Pablo Cuevas (Uruguay) 6-3 7-6(1)

 

[JesuslookslikeBorg]

kuznetsov wins a 2nd match via an injured opponent.

 

[isabelle]

interesting position for Richie, maybe could he clinch the title ??

 

[JesuslookslikeBorg]

oops..or maybe not..Richard Richard lost in straights to millman (whoever he is).

 

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Results from the Winston-Salem Open Men's Singles Quarterfinal matches on Thursday

9-Viktor Troicki (Serbia) beat 15-Fernando Verdasco (Spain) 6-4 3-6 6-4
John Millman (Australia) beat 1-Richard Gasquet (France) 7-5 6-3
2-Roberto Bautista (Spain) beat Lu Yen-Hsun (Taiwan) 6-3 6-2
16-Pablo Carreno (Spain) beat 12-Andrey Kuznetsov (Russia) 6-4 6-3

 

[britbox]

oops..or maybe not..Richard Richard lost in straights to millman (whoever he is).

Millman is an Aussie, not one of the young guns but a veteran of 27, enjoying one of his best years.

 

[isabelle]

oops..or maybe not..Richard Richard lost in straights to millman (whoever he is).

bad perf from Richie, very disppointed by him

 

[DarthFed]

It's been a bad year for Gasquet and he has QF points at the USO so he could fall quite a bit more yet.

 

[JesuslookslikeBorg]

richey missed some tourneys with a back problem didn't he ?. maybe its still bothering him, or gasquet just hasn't got going again yet, like kevin Anderson. he hasn't got going since coming back from injur,y even here he lost early doors.

 

[Billie]

Semi-Finals
(2) WC Roberto Bautista Agut Defeats (9) Viktor Troicki 75 67 62
(16) Pablo Carreno Busta Defeats John Millman 64 76

 

[Billie]

This is a surprise to me:

(16) Pablo Carreno Busta Defeats (2) WC Roberto Bautista Agut 67 76 64

 

[herios]

It is a good surprise to see Pablo Carreno-Busta to win his first ATP title. Especially considering that it came on a HC, while his best surface is clay.